PC

GameFly Sweetens The Pot With PC Game Downloads

For nearly a decade GameFly has been the Netflix of video games, delivering console and handheld titles to eager gamers across the US, but where’s the PC gaming love? It’s coming later this year, when GameFly rolls out an online client featuring more than 100 free PC game downloads.


May 23, 2011
PC

Report Says GameFly Picking Up Digital Distribution Service

Discs-to-your-door rental service Gamefly will buy Direct2Drive from IGN, according to a report by MCV, likely expanding digital rentals’ availability over PC down the line.


January 26, 2011
PC

You Can Now Rent PC Games Over The Internet

Here’s a novel concept: digital delivery store Direct2Drive is trialling an offer whereby PC gamers can download and rent a game.


November 11, 2010

Valve Is Killing The PC Market, Apparently

According to a report on trade site MCV, two “big-name digital retailers” for the PC market are staring down the barrel of financial ruin, while two major British retailers are reportedly considering a ban on games that include Steam integration.


August 4, 2010
News

Boxed Games Still Way More Popular Than Downloadable Ones

Digital download sales might be the future of gaming, but they’re certainly not the present, with a recent study finding that between 80-90% of games bought are still those that come on a disc and are sold in a store.


April 6, 2010
News

Suicidal Ninja Robots Invade Steam

After ages of testing and re-testing, Beatnik Games finally unleashes on Steam and other fine downloadable PC game services Plain Sight, a multiplayer robot fighting game where the goal is to kill yourself before the other players do.


February 12, 2010
News

PC Sales Charts: Probing Uranus

Space and laser guns feature prominently in this week’s PC sales charts, last week’s consumers opting for aliens and bright-coloured uniforms over olive-grey outfits and the real world.


February 4, 2010
News

PC Sales Charts: Return Of The Living Psychonauts

The PC charts were last week dominated by the likes of Mass Effect 2, Battlefield Bad Company 2 and Star Trek Online. No surprises there. So we’ll instead focus our admiration on Tim Schafer’s Psychonauts instead.


December 1, 2009
News

PC Download Stores Arguing Over Who Comes After Steam

Stardock’s claim that it holds 10% of the PC digital download market has been shrugged off by two of the company’s main competitors, Direct2Drive and GamersGate.


November 12, 2009
News

Seven Indie Hits For The Price Of One

Online PC store Direct2Drive, flush with cash from their first “Best of Indie” bundle deal, have decided to offer another, with seven great games at 75% off.